Sarah's birthday is actually on Monday, but we got a jump start on celebrating her this weekend. I was really proud of how she handled her campaign for Vice President this week. Her speech was awesome, well delivered and fun. So much positive energy. She lost to a student promising "Teacher Student Switch Day." His idea was VERY well received--even though that was the only thing he promised (and it is very unlikely to happen). When I approved his speech, I thought he meant teacher switch day, which is something that has happened in the past. Oh well. She did very respectably, and handled the loss very well.
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| She chose Old Spaghetti Factory for her birthday dinner with me. Delish. |
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| Happy 11! |
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| Clark bought Sarah some sparkler candles. She was a little nervous about them. |
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| Swimming in the dark/cold. They are lucky to have a dad who will get out there with them. |
There was another disappointment for her this week. I realized that she couldn't miss Nutcracker practice on Saturday, and was therefore going to miss the long awaited excursion to Canada. I was super bummed, and so was she. But we decided to make lemonade out of that lemon. Derek took Libby and Ben to Birch Bay and Canada. Sarah and I stayed and went out to dinner for her birthday, did some Target shopping (including buying some clothes and boots for camp), and packed for 5th grade camp. While she did dance on Saturday, I did some much needed cleaning/bill paying at home. After Nutcracker rehearsal, we headed straight to Birch Bay so we could have dinner with the Norton clan for her birthday. She had picked pumpkin pie for her birthday treat, so I baked on Saturday morning (including a tiny one for her) and we drove them up.
Today we will get a chance to go to church in Ferndale and visit the Western Campus with Emma on our way home. It'll be fun. Then tomorrow, off to 5th Grade Camp! (Which I am alternating between being excited for and dreading.)
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